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Dedication of the Monument 
Erected to the Memory of 

MARCUS A HANNA 



UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, CLEVELAND 
May Twenty -Third, Nineteen Hundred Eight 



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TO 

MARCUS ALONZO • HANNA 



this . monument 
is . erected • by- friends 
and . fellow • citizens 
commemorating • his 
efforts . for • peace 
between • capital 
and . lab or • his 
useful . citizenship 
and • distinguished 
public . service 

Born • September 
xxiv . m . d . c • c . c • xxxvii 
Died • February 

XV ■ M . C • M . IV 



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INSCRIPTION ON PEDESTAL 






Trustees 
The M A Hanna Monument Association 



James Barnett 
Andrew Squire 
J B Zerbe 
George A Garretson 
J H McBride 
E H Bourne 
Myron T Herrick 
J H Wade 
E R Perkins 
H H Brown 
S H Holding 
L E Holden 
John F Whitelaw 
W A Leonard 
H D Goulder 
J J Sullivan 
A A Pope 



Judge Sanders 
J H Dempsey 
C A Grasselli 
D Z Norton 
Horace Andrews 
Lee McBride 
E W Oglebay 
James H Hoyt 
C C Bolton 
C F Brush 
M S Greenough 
H P Mcintosh 
A B Hough 
W G Mather 
Samuel Mather 
Calvary Morris 
James Parmalee 



Executive Committee 

Samuel Mather, Chairman 
James H Hoyt, Secretary 

George A Garretson William G Mather 
Myron T Herrick Andrew Squire 
Edward A Roberts, Ass't Sec'y 



Report of Unveiling Exercises 



'T'HE monument erected to the memory of 
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, located in Uni- 
versity Circle adjoining Wade Park in Cleve- 
land, was formally dedicated on Saturday 
afternoon, May twenty-third, nineteen hun- 
dred and eight. The ceremonies were at- 
tended by an audience approximating ten 
thousand persons. Seated upon the speakers' 
platform near the monument were Mr Sam- 
uel Mather, President of the M A Hanna 
Monument Association; former Governor 
Myron T Herrick, who served as President of 
the Day; Honorable John W Griggs, former 
Attorney-General of the United States, who 
was the orator of the day; Honorable War- 
ren S Stone, Chief of the Brotherhood of 
Locomotive Engineers; Honorable Andrew 
L Harris, Governor of Ohio; Monsignor 
George F Houck, Chancellor of Cleveland; 
Rt Rev W A Leonard, D D, Bishop of Ohio; 
Mr F D Underwood, President of the Erie 
Railroad; Mr Elmer Dover, former Secretary 
to Senator Hanna; Mr Harry S New, Chair- 
man of the Republican National Committee; 
Newton D Baker, Esq, City Solicitor, sev- 
eral of the monument trustees, and other men 
of prominence in city, state and national af- 
fairs. The occasion was also favored with 
the presence of Honorable William H Taft, 
Secretary of War, whose visit to the city was 
incident to a convention of the Associated 
Western Yale Clubs. 

In the audience were a large number of 
the friends and associates of Senator Hanna, 



together with Mrs Hanna and members of 
the family. The exercises were attended by 
Mrs Augustus Saint Gaudens and by Mr 
Henry Bacon, the latter being architect of 
the monument. 

As guards of honor at the exercises there 
were five military companies under command 
of Capt J B Perkins, these companies com- 
prising a Provisional Company of Engineers 
under Captain William E Price; First Bat- 
tery Field Artillery, O N G, Captain Julius 
Blasis; Troop A, O N G, Captain William 
M Schofield ; Co K Fifth Infantry, O N G, 
Captain Arthur S Houts; The Cleveland 
Grays, Captain A E Sprackling. 

The program opened with the singing of 
"The Pilgrims Chorus" by the Singers' Club, 
accompanied by the Great Western Band. 
The invocation was given by Rt Rev George 
F Houck, Chancellor of the Diocese of Cleve- 
land. A brief address reviewing the move- 
ment to erect the monument and introducing 
former Governor Myron T Herrick as Presi- 
dent of the Day, was delivered by Mr. Sam- 
uel Mather, President of the M A Hanna 
Monument Association. A letter from Vice 
President Fairbanks, who originally accepted 
the invitation to serve as President of the Day, 
and later found it impossible to leave Wash- 
ington on account of important matters pend- 
ing in the Senate, was read by Governor Her- 
rick, who followed with informal remarks, 
near the conclusion of which the bronze statue 



of Senator Hanna was unveiled by Mrs Ruth 
Hanna McCormick and Mrs Mabel Hanna 
Parsons, the Senator's daughters. The ora- 
tion was then delivered by Honorable John 
W Griggs, Attorney-General of the United 
States during the administration of President 
McKinley. An address by Hon Warren S 
Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of 
Locomotive Engineers, followed, and the 
Singers' Club rendered Handel's "Largo" as 
the concluding feature of the program. 

Before dismissing the audience Governor 
Herrick called upon Secretary of War Taft 
for a brief expression and the Secretary re- 
sponded, after which the benediction was pro- 
nounced by Rt Rev W A Leonard, D D, 
Bishop of Ohio. 



The Invocation 

With Informal Preface 

By Rt Rev George F Houck 

Chancellor of the Diocese of Cleveland 



Right Reverend Bishop, Mr. Chairman, 
Ladies and Gentlemen'. 

Before pronouncing the invocation, I wish 
to make a few remarks. He who was first 
asked to be here to take part in these exercises 
this afternoon and whom I am asked to repre- 
sent, is no more. The last letter he signed and 
sent was the one in which he accepted the 
invitation to be here this afternoon — Bishop 
Horstman. He had a great regard for the 
man in whose honor we are assembled here, 
and if the Lord had spared him it would have 
been a great pleasure for him also to honor 
him this afternoon by his presence. But God 
willed otherwise, and the gentlemen in charge 
of the memorial arrangements asked me to fill 
the gap caused by the Bishop's death. Of 
course, I cannot fill the place he would have 
filled, but shall try to do the best I can. Per- 
sonally, I had always the greatest regard for 
the Senator whose memory we are honoring 
today. I had his friendship for years, and 
therefore I can say truthfully, I loved and 
respected the Senator in life; I revere his 
memory in death. 



O, Almighty God, eternal Father, Creator 
of heaven and earth, of all things visible and 
invisible, we honor and praise Thy holy name. 
We thank Thee for all the benefits Thou hast 
showered upon us as a nation. We thank 
Thee for having reserved for countless ages 
this vast continent, to serve as a new theatre 



in which the drama of human rights and hu- 
man liberty is to be played. We thank Thee 
from our hearts for all Thou hast done for us 
as a nation. Thou hast made us strong among 
the nations of the world. 

We thank Thee for the great men Thou 
hast called to be our leaders, our guides, to 
shape for us our destinies as a people. We 
beg Thee, O God, to give us more of such 
men, unselfish, devoted to the nation of which 
they are a part. We thank Thee for having 
raised from our midst the one to whom we 
pay honor today. We hope and pray that 
we may follow the example of these great 
men, and imitate their honesty, their patriot- 
ism, their rugged, stalwart virtues. 

We beg Thee, Almighty God, to continue 
Thy favor. Thy blessing upon us. Teach us 
to love Thee, and to serve Thee. 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed 
be Thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will 
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread; and forgive us our 
trespasses as we forgive those w^ho trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



Address 
By Mr Samuel Mather 

President of the M A Hanna Monument Association 



Ladies and Gentlemen: 

Before introducing the President of the day, 
it has been thought fitting that something 
should be said with regard to the creation and 
development of the movement that led to the 
erection of this noble monument. It vvras in 
February, 1904, that the whole country was 
shocked at the sad news that one of its greatest 
men had passed away. The United States 
Senate had lost one of its ablest members; the 
State of Ohio perhaps its most distinguished 
citizen; and we, his fellow citizens here in his 
own city of Cleveland, a highly valued friend. 
I shall leave, however, to the speakers who are 
to follow, the welcome opportunity of telling 
the story of his life and achievements, of his 
great abilities and public services. 

It was in the spring of that same year that 
General Garretson and I were in Thomas- 
ville, where we were asked by Colonel Oliver 
Payne to undertake the raising of a suitable 
monument to Senator Hanna in Cleveland. 
Colonel Payne said that he considered Mr 
Hanna the strongest and most distinguished 
man that Cleveland had given to the nation; 
and he expressed the wish to start a subscrip- 
tion for a monument to him in Cleveland. He 
expressed also a preference that subscriptions 
should be received from residents and former 
residents of Cleveland only, a wish that has 
been observed, save in two or three instances, 
where personal friends of the Senator from 
outside the city, learning of this movement, 



insisted upon being permitted the privilege 
of participating. Upon our return to Cleve- 
land we called a meeting of those more par- 
ticular friends of Senator Hanna who were 
then in the city, naming those present at this 
first meeting as trustees. Upon conferring 
together it was decided to try to secure the 
services of Augustus Saint Gaudens, acknowl- 
edged as not only the greatest sculptor of 
America, but as the greatest in the world of 
his day and generation. To our gratification 
Mr Saint Gaudens consented to undertake the 
work, although even then in somewhat poor 
health, and began the work at once, finishing 
it only a short time before his lamented death 
a few months ago. It was perhaps the last 
important work he was engaged upon. Learn- 
ing of the Group Plan contemplated for our 
public buildings here in Cleveland, Mr Saint 
Gaudens expressed great interest in it, and 
the hope that a suitable permanent place for 
the monument might be found upon the Mall. 
Inasmuch, however, as a few more years must 
elapse before the Group Plan can be consum- 
mated, this spot was finally selected, with the 
courteous co-operation of the Mayor of the 
city and of the director of parks, Mr. Leslie, 
and with the approval of the city council. 
Whether eventually or not it may be found 
practicable to remove this monument to a 
place in the Group Plan, I think we may still 
feel that this present site is in every respect an 
admirable one. 



Mr Saint Gaudens engaged the services of 
Mr Henry Bacon, the eminent New York 
architect, to co-operate with him in designing 
the pedestal and base, and after his death Mr 
Bacon superintended the final erection of the 
monument. The total cost of this completed 
monument has been $65,735.37; and it is 
gratifying to state that this sum has been 
given by citizens of Cleveland, with the two 
or three exceptions mentioned before, sub- 
scribers numbering over one thousand having 
subscribed in sums ranging from one dollar 
upward. 

May I not say, in conclusion, that I feel 
it will always be a cause of congratulation to 
us all, both as friends of Senator Hanna and 
as citizens of Cleveland, that we have here a 
monument worthy of him and of the great 
American sculptor who designed it? 

The Vice President of the United States, 
the Hon Charles W Fairbanks, very gladly 
accepted our invitation to be present here to- 
day at these dedication exercises, to act as our 
presiding officer, and to make an address; and 
it was not until last evening that he found 
himself obliged, on account of the delay in 
the adjournment of Congress, to send us word 
that he should be compelled to forego the 
privilege of rendering this last tribute of re- 
spect and esteem for his friend Senator Han- 
na. Our esteemed fellow townsman, how- 
ever, ex-Governor Myron T Herrick, has 
consented to act in his place in this emer- 
gency, and I now have the honor to introduce 
him as the President of the Day. 



By the President of the Day 

Presenting 

Letter from the Vice President 

I am sure that the regret of the Vice Presi- 
dent because of his inability to be here today 
is not more keen than our disappointment by 
reason of his absence. He has written a let- 
ter telling of the high regard in which he 
held our friend which I am sure you would 
be glad to have me read. 



Letter 

from 

Hon Charles Warren Fairbanks 

Vice President of the United States 



THE VICE PRESIDENT'S CHAMBER 
WASHINGTON 



May 22, 1908. 
My Bear Mr Hoyt: 

When I accepted the invitation of the com- 
mittee to preside on the occasion of the dedi- 
cation of the monument in honor of the mem- 
ory of the late Senator Marcus A Hanna, I 
assumed that Congress would adjourn in time 
to enable me to attend the dedicatory exer- 
cises. The exigencies of the public business 
have prolonged the session beyond our ex- 
pectation and I am forced to forego the pleas- 
ure of being with you. This, I assure you, 
is a very great disappointment to me. 

It was with the utmost pleasure I had 
looked forward to the opportunity of joining 
with the people of Ohio in paying tribute to 
the memory of one of the acknowledged lead- 
ers in the business world, one of the most 
powerful party generals the country has pro- 
duced, one of the most influential members 
of the Senate of the United States, but beyond 
all this, one of the best friends any man ever 
had. Great in business, great in politics. Sen- 
ator Hanna was great in his friendship. He 



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It was my good fortune to enter the United 
States Senate at the same time as Senator 
Hanna. The friendship which had existed 
prior thereto was increased by our close asso- 
ciation. I never knew a man who more com- 
pletely consecrated himself to the public serv- 
ice. He gave himself to the discharge of 
his exalted public duties without reservation 
and with an enthusiasm which carried con- 
viction to others. His most notable service, 
perhaps, was in behalf of the construction of 
the Panama canal. To his efforts more than 
to those of any other one excepting President 
William McKinley, we are indebted for the 
adoption of the Panama route by congress 
and for the initiation of this enterprise of 
such great national and international moment. 

Senator Hanna was the friend of both la- 
bor and capital. He possessed the confidence 
of both and did more than any other man of 
his time to improve the relations between 
them. Each of these great interests in our 
industrial and national upbuilding knew that 
the brave, honest-hearted and frank Senator 
would hold the scales of justice between them 
with equipoise. He had no hospitality for 
the demagogue. He was the implacable foe 
of wrong everywhere and had no compromise 
to make with it. 

He was abused and maligned as no man 
ever was, perhaps, in American politics. He 
keenly felt the stings of abuse. The misrep- 
resentation entered his soul like a hot iron, 



yet he did not complain. His faith in the 
ultimate judgment of his countrymen was 
never shaken. He found his vindication, as 
he believed he would find it, in that spirit of 
fair play which sooner or later asserts itself. 

Although not a trained orator, he spoke 
upon the hustings and in the Senate with 
exceptional power. There were few men 
trained to public speech who equalled him 
in the manner and forcefulness with which 
he addressed himself to the consideration of 
political questions. Hl always mastered the 
subject which engaged his attention and de- 
livered his messages with commanding power. 

Senator Hanna was a stalwart Republican. 
He believed in the necessity of party organ- 
ization, in rallying the political forces of the 
country in behalf of any great cause. He 
firmly believed in the virtue of his party and 
in its efficiency as an agency in the promotion 
of the general welfare. 

The relations which existed between him 
and President William McKinley were sub- 
limely beautiful. The mutual confidence, the 
mutual faith which existed between them did 
credit to both. 

The monuments of his genius are to be seen 
upon every hand in this great city where the 
later years of his life were chiefly spent — the 
city he loved so well ; the city where his ashes 
will rest forever. 

He fell to sleep in the zenith of his power, 
one of the most respected, honored, loved and 



trusted men in public life. His name was a 
household word from sea to sea. He fell as 
he could have wished, at the post of duty in 
the nation's capital — one of the most distin- 
guished among the nation's greatest states- 
men. You do honor to yourselves in honor- 
ing the name of such a man. 

The monument which you are to dedicate 
will stand as a perpetual inspiration. It will 
teach the lesson of the virtue of devotion to 
duty, of earnest purpose, of exalted effort. It 
will proclaim the life and services of one of 
the nation's faithful servants, a man tried and 
true, heroic in stature, a dutiful citizen, a 
loyal friend, a man of pure patriotism. 

I can not express to you the measure of 

my regret that my public duties preclude me 

from sharing with you in dedicating the 

monument to commemorate the life and 

Very sincerely yours, 

Charles W Fairbanks. 



Hon James H Hoyt, Secretary 
Cleveland, Ohio 



Remarks 
By Hon Myron T Herrick 

President of the Day 



Ladies and Gentlemen: 

It is not my purpose to deliver an address. 
But this is an occasion of such great impor- 
tance to the people of Cleveland, and espe- 
cially to those who knew and worked with and 
loved Senator Hanna that I can not forbear 
saying a few words. The last time that we 
met in relation to our beloved friend we 
were bowed down by grief. Four years have 
passed, and today we come together not in 
sorrow and tears, but with pride and joy 
— pride in the achievements of our friend 
and joy in being able to show our apprecia- 
tion of his kindly and lovable character. 
The period of mourning is passed. Time 
has not deadened our sense of loss, but the 
bitterness of personal bereavement is so far 
molified as to enable us to understand that 
though our friend has been taken from us, his 
example and ideals must live as long as we 
continue a nation devoted to the right. In 
this thought we should find much consolation, 
for it not only justifies our grief, but confirms 
our faith in the imperishable force of his life 
work. There is something of a triumphant 
note in our meeting today, inspired, as we 
are, by his life and character to press on to 
the accomplishment of those things for which 
he so earnestly worked. 

Were I to speak of him at any length, I 
should but echo the affection that is in your 
hearts, and the thoughts that are in your 
minds. We all know of the early business 



career of Mark Hanna, when, earnest and 
ambitious, beating down opposition by the 
main strength of a single purpose, he acquired 
a measure of wealth far in excess of that al- 
lotted to most men. In his contest for indus- 
trial supremacy he came into contact with 
the elemental qualities of human nature. He 
saw men at their best and at their worst. He 
grew to sympathize with the hopes and am- 
bition of the miner delving in the earth, and 
of the employer controlling the destinies of 
thousands. Gradually and unconsciously the 
knowledge of men at first hand began to 
mould and determine the character of Mark 
Hanna. He touched life at so many different 
points that he soon appreciated the needs of 
those in widely separated circumstances. With 
this knowledge, this sympathy, this appreci- 
ation, there developed in him a desire to bring 
the discordant elements he saw about him in- 
to that harmony he knew to be essential to 
national life and prosperity. From that time 
on, to fulfill the duty he felt to be his, he 
dedicated his life to his country's service. For 
what he accomplished in the latter years of 
his life, for the impetus he gave to the at- 
tempt to bring about a better feeling between 
employer and employed, the nation must be 
everlastingly obligated to him. 

Senator Hanna was essentially a statesman. 
He had the clearness of vision, the breadth of 
view, the unerring judgment of men and 
methods that has characterized the great pub- 
lic men of every age. What is more he had 



courage to act as conscience and understand- 
ing dictated. With him, as with Washington 
and Lincoln, the fundemental factor of our 
national existence was unity — unity of pur- 
pose and unity of action. He seemed to grasp 
intuitively the great fact of the solidarity of 
American life. Lincoln saw clearly that a 
nation half free and half slave was doomed. 
Senator Hanna was equally certain that unless 
the bitter misunderstanding between labor 
and capital could be removed, a destructive 
conflict would ultimately ensue, and it became 
the sole purpose of his life to so unite the in- 
terests of labor and capital that his country- 
men might dwell forever in peace. 



Four years ago we laid away all that was 
mortal of our friend. We are here today to 
unveil the statue wrought by the genius of 
Saint Gaudens that shall perpetuate the face 
and form of one whose spirit shall live with 
us forever as one of America's greatest citi- 
zens. 



By the President of the Day 

Introducing 

Hon John W Griggs 

As Orator of the Day 

Among those whom President McKinley 
called to Washington to form the remarkable 
cabinet that was looked upon — and not in 
vain, as the hope of the country as we arose 
from the ruins of the panic of 1893, was John 
W Griggs, the personal friend of Senator 
Hanna, who is to deliver the oration of the 
day, and whom I now have the pleasure of 
presenting to you. 



Oration 
By Hon John W Griggs 

Former Attorney General of the United States 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

The State of Ohio glories in a long roll of 
illustrious names of sons of hers who have 
won fame for themselves and never dying 
honor for their State. High upon that roll, 
where are written the names of Presidents of 
the Republic, of great soldiers, of statesmen 
and jurists, of financiers and philanthropists, 
stands the name of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, in 
whose honor this monument is raised and 
dedicated this day. For his countrymen of 
this generation, who know his work and his 
worth, no monument is needed to remmd 
them of his pre-eminent services to the nation. 
Before he died they knew and honored and 
appreciated, and they have not forgotten, and 
will not forget. But in the days that are be- 
yond, when other feet shall tread these paths 
and other eyes shall read his name upon this 
monument, it will serve to recall a great 
leader and an ideal citizen. In the record of 
his life we find none of the spectacular or 
romantic features which the figure of a great 
soldier presents to the popular gaze. Nor 
is there any great executive deed of renown, 
nor any statute of transcendent beneficence, 
to which his name is attached as author. If 
some enquirer in after days shall ask why 
then is there a monument to Senator Hanna, 
it shall be answered: because he filled all the 
ideals of an American from youth to the day 
he died, rising step by step to the highest 
plane of usefulness in the service of his 



country; because, as a business man he was 
successful in business by honorable methods 
alone; because as a prosperous man he was 
not proud; because as a friend he was loyal 
and true-hearted; because as a leader of men 
he was wise yet unselfish; because as an em- 
ployer of labor he had a genuine and heartfelt 
sympathy with his employes, and more 
broadly with all who toil; because he was a 
man among men, because in many and varied 
capacities — merchant, manufacturer, capital- 
ist, political leader, and Senator in Congress, 
he was an Ideal American Citizen. 

There have been others as honest and suc- 
cessful as he in a long business career; there 
have been others equally devoted to philan- 
thropic work; and others (though not many) 
as capable of leadership; and still others as 
strong and wise as he was in the councils of 
the nation, but the country has not yet pro- 
duced another that combined all these quali- 
ties and characteristics in an equally con- 
spicuous degree. 

It is not remarkable that Senator Hanna 
should have achieved conspicuous success as 
a captain of industry; what is remarkable 
and without a parallel is the fact that after 
spending all the years of his life down to the 
age of fifty-nine in business pursuits withou? 
any conspicuous participation in political 
affairs he moved at one step to the very front 
of the political organization to which he be- 
longed and became without dissent or con- 



tradiction its leader. And such a leader! 
How sagacious he was; how untiring in his 
industry; how sweet-natured and yet how 
firm and consistent; how winning and con- 
ciliatory; how patient and forbearing! He 
was not without ambition, but his ambitions 
were all noble and beneficent, the ambition 
of one who was conscious of his ability to 
render service to the world and desired to 
do it — not for his own self's sake but for 
the good of his country. 

The story of Senator Hanna as a factor 
in American politics from 1896 to the time 
when death put an end, all too soon, to his 
career, is one that ought to be kept familiar 
as an example. He was a party man. He 
believed that a government by the people can- 
not be successfully carried on by a disorgan- 
ized mass of citizens acting without concert. 
He recognized the value and potency of 
traditional beliefs in political organizations 
quite as much as in religious denominations. 
His training in business had taught the value 
of systematic and thorough preparation for 
political contests. And so, when from pure 
admiration and love of the man, he took up 
the cause of William McKinley and resolved 
to secure his nomination for the presidency, 
he brought to bear all the experience and wis- 
dom which he had acquired in his successful 
business career, together with a spirit of de- 
votion, and a genius for political pursuits, 
which were a surprise to the country, and 
which at once secured for him recognition as 



the one pre-eminently fitted to assume the 
leadership. He was not chosen leader; he 
simply moved to the front and all followed 
him without asking to see his commission. 

Let no one think such a place is an easy 
one to fill. There is no office or function, not 
even the presidency of the United States, so 
difficult. The tenure is not fixed, but pre- 
carious. There are no statutes to guide, no 
courts to sanction or enforce the leader's will. 
His sway depends upon his own inherent 
qualities of wisdom and tact, upon his fore- 
sight and his prudence, upon his freedom 
from selfishness, upon the faith he is able 
to inspire in his intention to be absolutely 
loyal to his word, and, last of all, upon the 
success which his party achieves or fails to 
achieve under his guidance. In all these 
qualities Senator Hanna was unequalled; his 
success was uniform and unprecedented. 

The success of his campaigns for the nom- 
ination and election of President McKinley 
led to his appointment to a seat in the Senate 
of the United States. Here was a new and 
untried field, but here again the native force 
and ability of the man brought him quickly 
to the front. In that body where prominence 
and influence are by the rule of long tra- 
dition withheld until the serivce of a full 
apprenticeship. Senator Hanna easily, natur- 
ally, and at once was admitted into the very 
circle of senatorial confidence. And this too, 
not by reason of the great political influence 
he had at his command, not because he was 



the nearest friend of the President (very 
often these are draw-backs and hindrances to 
popularity in the Senate) ; but because his 
transcendent talents were recognized, and 
almost unconsciously he assumed by com- 
mon consent the place of leadership. Once 
started upon his career as a statesman his de- 
velopment was phenomenally rapid. Though 
entirely untrained and inexperienced as a 
public speaker he quickly became one of the 
best; and Senator Hoar, himself distinguished 
in that art, pronounced Senator Hanna the 
best debator in the Senate. 

We marvel at the younger Pitt, who at the 
age of twenty-three, by sheer force of his 
ability, led the contests of his party in the 
House of Commons. Is it not more mar- 
velous that Senator Hanna at the age of sixty, 
after a lifetime devoted to business pursuits, 
without university training, without previous 
practice or experience, should by merit alone 
have become the peer of any member of the 
greatest legislative body in the world? In 
open debate by sheer force of argument he con- 
verted Congress from its long-standing choice 
of the Nicaragua route for the Isthmian 
canal and secured a majority in both houses 
for Panama — a fine illustration of the ideal 
in legislation, where argument based on 
knowledge and reason, unbiased by partisan 
prejudice, sways and controls effectually the 
legislative mind. Senator Hanna as a speaker 
had this supreme quality, that he made sure 



appeal both to the average mind and to the 
fastidious and most finished among his audi- 
tors. He did not employ the arts of the 
rhetorician, he used few mataphors, and no 
apostrophes, yet he touched the reason of his 
hearers, and by his earnestness and sincerity, 
by his simplicity and entire sanity of view, 
he compelled assent where more accomplished 
orators only stirred the emotions. 

But this successful man of business, this 
political leader, this great Senator, was not 
satisfied with the measure of service rendered 
to his fellow-men in this sphere. He looked 
out upon the industrial world and saw there 
the elemental stir. He saw the conflicts and 
disputes, the strikes, the boycotts, the lock- 
outs, and all the loss and misery that came 
from these. His great heart was moved. He 
longed to help. He felt as few in his position 
have ever felt the importance of dealing with 
industrial conditions as a grave and serious 
subject in a systematic way, by orderly 
methods, in a spirit of large sympathy and 
benevolence. He had an abiding trust in 
manhood and appreciated the fact that the 
workingman of one decade is privileged to 
become the employer and capitalist of the 
next. "What we want today," he declared, 
"is to Americanize organized labor, to fit 
them to our conditions, to show to those who 
are charged with the responsibility of lead- 
ing these organizations how important it is 
that we get together in a friendly spirit with 
a determination to find a better ivay to settle 



our differences. I would rather be the means 
of bringing labor and capital into friendly re- 
lations than be president." To find a better 
way! Who fitter than he to show us that 
better way? With his long and happy ex- 
perience as an employer, with his vast sym- 
pathy, his profound insight, and his unaffected 
enthusiasm, he was the man of all others to 
lead the way towards industrial peace. To 
the work of the Civic Federation he gave his 
time, his money, and the greater part of the 
little strength which disease allowed him the 
few last years of his life. The country could 
ill spare the great Senator; it missed and still 
misses the guiding hand of the great political 
leader; but more than these it has lost in the 
death of the wise and kindly man who was 
leading the conflicting elements of industrial 
life into the better way. 

Senator Hanna did not escape calumny. 
That universal lot of greatness was his also in 
large degree. His power was too evident, 
his success too uniform and extraordinary, 
to permit the small soul of the cartoonist and 
the slanderer to believe all he did was the 
work of a true and noble man. They did not 
know him — at first. Afterwards they saw 
and knew. And ere he died he had tri- 
umphed. Not a scurrile jester among the 
horde but was ready to confess: 

"Yes, he has lived to shame me from my sneer, 
"To lame my pencil, and refute my pen/' 



The whole nation came at last to revere 
him for what he was, a grand, noble, patriotic 
American. He touched the heart-strings of 
the people and they responded in sym- 
pathetic tones. 

His was a noble life — well-rounded, 
symmetrical, sincere. No vanity marred 
its lustre, no selfish ambition tempted 
him. Upon what model he framed 
his career in life he never told. Per- 
haps there was none. Perhaps he was 
merely the happy product of our aus- 
picious American environment. But there is 
in the Story of the Emperor Marcus Aure- 
lius a description of a noble Roman after 
whom that wise and gracious ruler modeled 
his own life, which describes this ideal citi- 
zen of the Republic: 

"In him," says Marcus Arelius, "I observed 
'mildness of temper, and unchangeable reso- 
'lution in the things which he had determined 
'after due deliberation; and no vain-glory 
'in those things which men call honors; and 
'a love of labor and perseverance, and a 
'readiness to listen to those who had any- 
'thing to propose for the common weal; and 
'undeviating firmness in giving to every man 
'according to his deserts; and a knowledge 
'derived from experience of the occasions 
'for vigorous action and for remission. And 
'I observed that he considered himself no 
'more than any other citizen. I observed, 
'too, his habit of careful inquiry in all mat- 



*ters of deliberation, and his persistency, 
'and thiat he never stopped his investigation 
'through being satisfied with appearances 
'which first present themselves; and that his 
'disposition was to keep his friends, and not 
'to be soon tired of them, nor yet to be ex- 
'travagant in his affection; and to be satis- 
'fied on all occasions, and cheerful; and to 
'foresee things a long way off and to check 
'immediately all flattery; and to be ever 
'watchful over the things which are neces- 
'sary for the administration of the empire, 
'and patiently to endure the blame which he 
'got for such conduct. And the things which 
'conduce in any way to the commodity of 
'life and of which fortune gave an abun- 
'dant supply, he used without arrogance, and 
'without apology. Every one acknowledged 
'him to be a man, ripe, perfect, above flat- 
'tery, able to manage his own and other 
'men's affairs. He was not fond of change 
'nor unsteady, but he showed sobriety in all 
'things, and firmness, and never any mean 
'thoughts or action." 

And so we now dedicate this statue to the 
memory of our loved and loyal friend. 
We shall pass on and away, but his work 
and the inspiration of his spirit and example 
shall endure. 



By the President of the Day 

Introducing 

Hon Warren S Stone 



Senator Hanna had the respect of what is 
probably the ideal labor organization of the 
United States, the Brotherhood of Locomo- 
tive Engineers, and it is a sincere pleasure to 
present to you its Grand Chief, Hon. Warren 
S Stone. 



Address 
By Hon Warren S Stone 

Grand Chief of the Brotherhood 
of Locomotive Engineers 



Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

We have met here today with mingled feel- 
ings of sorrow and gladness; sorrow that the 
life of Marcus A Hanna could not have 
been spared to us for many years to come, 
gladness that the world at large has so soon 
after his death recognized the great service 
he rendered to humanity and has erected this 
splendid testimony to his memory. In try- 
ing to gather material for this talk today, I 
was surprised at the meagre information to 
be found in our written history regarding 
the life-work of this wonderful man. It 
would appear they were so busy villifying 
him, they forgot to record the great work 
he really did. 

It is not my purpose to speak of his politi- 
cal life. I leave to those who are far better 
fitted, through personal association and ac- 
quaintance, to tell you of that, but I de- 
sire to speak as a representative of Organ- 
ized Labor, concerning the splendid work he 
did for those who earn their bread by the 
sweat of their brow; and who toil that others 
may live. 

It was late in his life^ as we reckon by 
years, that his attention was first called to 
this subject, after the great coal strike in 
Ohio, in which he was indirectly interested. 
At that time the popular prejudice against 
organized labor was at its height. He took 
up the study of the great question of these 
constantly recurring contests between Capital 



and Labor, and sought to discover the causes 
that lead up to these struggles and find a 
remedy for them. He, no doubt, recognized 
these contests were a part in the great pro- 
cess of industrial development and distribu- 
tion of wealth — each trying to get what it 
thinks to be its share and naturally differ- 
ing about the proportions — yet, was aston- 
ished to find what trivial disagreements had 
caused some of the most serious strikes. 

He found the tendency of the age was to 
study economics purely from the political 
standpoint, losing sight of the moral and 
social phases of the relations between Capi- 
tal and Labor that are so often forgotten in 
the eager pursuit of gain. 

With his usual method of meeting all ques- 
tions, he at once saw the first thing to do 
was to adjust conditions in a straightforward 
manner. The result was, the miners of Ohio 
were given an agreement and for the first 
time in the history of our State, was a Union 
recognized in this class of labor. 

As he made a further study of the ques- 
tion he recognized in the working-man the 
same instinctive spirit as shown by Capital 
in banding together for protection, and 
realized (as few do) that organized Labor 
was a necessary part of the development 
and distribution of wealth. He planned to 
have Organized Labor Americanized in the 
best sense, believing that some of the objec- 
tionable features of Union Labor were of 



foreign origin and caused by conditions that 
do not exist in America, conditions that 
would vanish when the American working 
man was thoroughly educated to an under- 
standing of his responsibility. 

He made a thorough study of this engross- 
ing subject and became convinced it was the 
one object to which he desired to devote, 
we might almost say consecrate, the remain- 
ing years of his life, and while appreciating 
the long struggle before him, he put into 
the effort all the skill and genius of his pow- 
erful brain and the result exceeded his most 
sanguine expectations; and clearly proved the 
American people will sustain a policy that 
has for its purpose the elimination of preju- 
dice between Capital and Labor. 

He took an interest in the National Civic 
Federation. Its motto of the Golden Rule 
appealed to him. He gave not only his time 
and money, but put into the enterprise his 
own powerful brain and now, long after his 
death, the results of his forethought and 
genius continue to be shown. He builded 
for so many years that the stars will cease 
to shine ere the results of his work are ended. 

He did much to formulate the principles 
of the Civic Federation and to build it up, 
until today its fame is world wide and its 
work in bringing about industrial peace can- 
not be estimated. As President of the Civic 
Federation he proclaimed as one of their 
principles their opposition to the sympathetic 



strike, a principle that was later endorsed 
by the Mine Workers' Association at Indian- 
apolis during the great coal strike in Penn- 
sylvania. He enunciated as among their prin- 
ciples: "We are opposed to the boycott, and 
we disprove of the restriction of production 
to enhance values." These principles have 
today come to be largely recognized and 
adopted not only by Union Labor, but cool- 
headed, far-seeing representatives of Capital. 

Senator Hanna, as President of the Civic 
Federation, labored hard to establish a bond 
of confidence between the man who works 
with his hands and the man who works with 
his brain, believing, because they were part- 
ners in toil, that there was no good reason 
why they should not be partners in the profits 
of that toil; that he succeeded is evidenced 
by the tolerant spirit shown today by both 
sides. 

I do not believe the time will ever come 
when no dififerences will arise between those 
who have labor to sell and those who desire 
to buy, for in any exchange of values there 
is always this characteristic, but Senator 
Hanna grasped the fundamental principle 
underlying the whole question, viz. : that life 
is a matter of mutual interest between Capi- 
tal and Labor; that one cannot prosper per- 
manently without the other; that no progress 
which does not lift up all, ever lifted up 
any. Much of the industrial peace we enjoy 
today is due to the new principles he laid 



down for the treatment of employes and the 
prompt adjustment of their grievances. 

He had the love of the workingmen and 
he won it fairly by showing them he was 
their friend. One whose great, big heart was 
ever ready to the call of the poor, the needy 
and the oppressed. He could council as 
well as admonish. Could speak to all classes 
and be heard. Was at home both in the meet- 
ing of Capitalists and the Labor Assembly. 
Qualities of mind and heart made him a man 
who won the confidence of all. There never 
was a greater need in the world for just 
such men than today. Men whose life-work 
inspire and uplift, whose life stands out like 
a great beacon light to show the way to 
those who follow after, and while loving 
hearts and hands have erected this beautiful 
memorial, (from the hands of that eminent 
sculptor — Saint Gaudens) to his memory, 
the best memorial is engraved deep on the 
hearts of those who labor for their daily 
bread; in the homes of the miners and 
their families whose lives he made brighter 
and better and who, through his efforts, 
have been able to catch a glimpse of what 
that banner stands for and what freedom 
and citizenship under the stars and stripes 
means. 

The crying need of the world today is men, — 
Men with the spirit of Marcus A Hanna. 



By the President of the Day 

Introducing 

Hon William H Taft 



As we close the exercises, I desire to thank 
you in behalf of the Committee for your 
generous support and appreciation of its 
work. 

I am going to detain you for just a few 
moments longer. In those days that we have 
heard so eloquently spoken of, among the 
younger men of Ohio was one whom the 
Senator predicted would one day preside over 
the destinies of the nation. I have asked 
him to say a few words of the days when he 
was closely associated with our friend. 



Remarks 
By Hon William H Taft 

Secretary of War 



Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

I feel that it is presumptuous in me to come 
before you now to add anything to these cere- 
monies so dignified and so worthy of the 
man whose memory we meet to celebrate to- 
day. I hurried here from the train in order 
to testify, so far as I might by my presence, 
my deep reverence for his memory and my 
gratitude to him as a man for the many 
favors which he did during his life for me. 
But I feel that such a personal tribute as 
that is not appropriate after the considered 
judgment of the Vice President of the United 
States, expressed in such forcible language, 
as a colleague of his in the Senate, who knew 
the value of his work as a Senator. 

It has fallen to my lot to take some part in 
the construction of the Panama Canal, and 
it gives me pleasure here to say what I believe 
in my heart, that to Senator Marcus A 
Hanna the United States and the people of 
the United States are deeply indebted because 
of his clearness of perception, and of the won- 
derful force of argument which he developed. 
As Mr. Griggs has said, he turned the coun- 
try from that which would have been a great 
mistake to that which will be an evidence of 
American genius. 

It is not for me either to add to the beau- 
tiful tribute paid to him by his associate 
in the administration of President McKinley, 
or to attempt to add to that which has 
been said in such a forceful, simple and 



straightforward manner by a man who knows 
how much he did in facilitating harmony 
in the matter of capital and labor. 

I only wish to add one thought that 
forced itself upon me always in my association 
with Mr. Hanna. It seemed to me that 
Mr. Hanna was always engaged in push- 
ing somebody else to the front, in trying 
to find out among the Americans the man 
who would do the work which the country 
needed from its public men. And it was 
not until by force of circumstances the 
country demanded his services in public 
office that he was willing to yield to the 
call. And when the call came he did 
yield, and the services that he rendered, 
not the statutes but the hearts of his 
countrymen can witness. I think this scene 
here before us, the beautiful parks, the 
public buildings, every evidence of a pros- 
perous city, is a proper scene for him always 
to look down upon; for if there ever was a 
man that evidenced in his nature public spirit 
and a desire that every one might live and 
enjoy, in as nearly equal portions as possible, 
that which God has given to the human race, 
he was Marcus A Hanna. 



The Benediction 
By Rt Rev W A Leonard, D D 

Bishop of Ohio 



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Direct, O Lord, our State and our 
Nation with Thy most gracious favor, and 
further us with Thy continual help, that in 
all our works begun, continued and ended in 
Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and 
finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life. 
The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord 
be gracious and merciful unto you, the Lord 
lift up His countenance upon you and give 
you peace both now and evermore. Amen. 



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